Sudama vs Kucheludu

So this morning we are having breakfast in the mess and my dear roomie Mr. Pochu Prasad tells us that in Mahabharats there was a character who was childhood friend of Lord Krishna. Once they grew, that friend would take the same thing we are eating to Krishna when Krishna became the king. I agree. Perfect. 10 on 10.

Here is the interesting part …
Pochu says that his name was Kucheludu or something like that and I yell like crazy that he was Sudama. I now have a lot of attention and I ofcourse sit down but the argument continues and we are deadlocked.

I give him a challenge that go ask ANYONE, anyone on the road, hostel and just mention three words – Lord Krishna, Childhood Friend and Poor and you would get the name. I am winning 5 – 1 right now and he has been outta room most morning tryng to find people to help him.

And here is another interesting part …
Since Pochu is from Hyderabad, he asked yet another andhraite and he also said Kuchar.

And it wont get more interesting than this …
Pochu is at this very moment on the phone with his mom asking the name of the poor friend. I dunno what her reply would be but as they say … Curosity Kills and this reminds me of one of the mental models taught by Prof. Bakshi – Social Proof !

Do the epics change as we move from North India to South India? I know people are known with different names but is it possible that someone is famous as Mr. X in these neck of the woods and Mr. Y in other?

Edit: The name was changed from Kuchar to Kucheludu on a special request from my roomie …